Suggestion for "Workspace Switcher", "Applications", "Files & Folders" and "Trash" icons
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Ayatana Design |
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Unity |
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unity (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: unity
I've been using Unity since Alpha 1 and it occurred to me that I'm not at all using the "Applications" and "Files & Folders" icons in the Launcher, I doubt I'm the only one. This is partly because the same functionality is available in the Dash but mostly because those icons are too far to the bottom. For me, currently, they just sit there occupying space in Launcher.
The "Workspace Switcher" location is also too far to the bottom and you happen to "look for it", rather than just point and click. Another argument for hiding the switcher button by default is that most users (while not me) do not use workspaces at all and its existence by default would put many novice users off.
In summary, the problem for me is because "Workspace Switcher", "Applications", "Files & Folders" icons are ordered after the favorites and at the end, they do not have a fixed position, something that would help to just point and click, rather than looking for them.
The "Trash" icon is another story. I never used it, end of story. I know it's there because it's been there in Gnome 2.x, which many people has been using but this is a new Shell for God's sake. Why keep something just for the memory of it? It just takes space in the Launcher.
So I suggest that
1) Hide all those icons by default and make them optional in CCSM, and
2-a) Make them movable in the Launcher, or
2-b) Leave the "Trash" position at the bottom but move the other icons to the top, right under the BFB.
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status: | New → Invalid |
Changed in unity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Invalid → Opinion |
Changed in unity: | |
status: | New → Opinion |
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importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
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status: | Incomplete → Won't Fix |
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status: | Incomplete → Won't Fix |
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status: | Won't Fix → Invalid |
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status: | Won't Fix → Invalid |
I think if you're going to close this as "Opinion" == "irreconcilable difference/ incompatible solution" we need to be willing to provide an explanation at the very least. Eylem has taken the time to file
The observation about the Trash being under (never) used in particular I think is a fair one given that previously there "Show Desktop" was in that position.
The duplication of Applications and Trash has also been made by others.